-'no

See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-ʔno]

Suffix

-'no

  1. Forms the admonitive mood, expressing a warning: watch out in case…, be careful lest….

Usage notes

This suffix can be used with all persons. In the third person a verb with this suffix takes series II markers, in all other persons series I. When the patient/object of the (transitive) verb is third-person, it must also take the prefix ön- (or one of its allomorphs) after the person marker.

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 204–205, 232–233
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